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This indicates detection of data traffic from a BitTorrent application.
BitTorrent is a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing protocol. The explosion of P2P programs in the workplace presents new security challenges to corporate networks, since the P2P network may be used to facilitate various network-based attacks.

affected-products-logoAffected Products

Any BitTorrent-based P2P program, such as:
BitTorrent
BitComet
Azurus
Utorrent

Impact logoImpact

Bandwidth consumption

Technology

Peer-to-Peer